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https://www.mvmediaatl.com/group/sword-and-soul/discussion/05f8116f-53fa-4698-be89-23f5ce62d1d5 CONTENT What is the earliest sword and soul from descended of enslaved in the american continent? Does myths or legends of haiti count? does john henry count? does sword and soul have to have a sowrd? some examples of mine that I think may count https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/94457407/scary-set-2

1950 Peanuts debuted - notice how the characters look different. One of the problems today is when an artist starts a comic, people want the character to be in a "final" state but most toons, the characters changed over time. Look at the smurfs, originally in the Johann and Peewee strip but then flushed out. Look at charlie brown originally? I see too many artists who are unwilling to submit work with the idea that it can change. It doesn't have to be finalized. I think great lessons are in this. https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/October_1950_comic_strips October 2nd 1950 (The first ever Peanuts comic strip. Charlie Brown, Patty and Shermy appear. Patty would not be named until the end of the month and Shermy would not be named until December 18, 1950. The gag in this strip is recycled from the Li'l Folks strip from May 29, 1949. This strip is adapted in Happiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown) 3rd (Patty, having her first speaking role, is reciting the traditional nursery rhyme "What Are Little Boys Made Of?" Schulz had previously referenced the rhyme in the Li'l Folks comic strip from October 17, 1948. This is also the first time Shermy is absent) 4th (The first appearance of Snoopy, the first wordless comic and the first time Charlie Brown is absent) 5th (This is the first time two characters speak in a full sentence) 6th (Patty’s 5th appearance in a row) 7th (The first time Charlie Brown speaks and the first time Patty is absent) 9th (The first time Shermy shows any affection towards Patty) 10th (The first interaction between Charlie Brown and Snoopy)

15 underrated 1970s sci fi films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM_mgmy0dN0 1974 the conversation One of Gene Hackman's greatest roles. When you think about a film like the matrix, what makes the conversation so much more frightening is that coppola doesn't involve the fantastical elements and leaves it all into humanity. Hackman's character Karl is Neo but absent anywhere to go or any abilities to gain while in a system only going to get stronger. The fact that hackman later played in enemy of the state about the same topic and received much better acclaim shows you how good the conversation is. One thing is the end of the conversation , when hackman's surveillance turns out to be erroneous and he is in shock to a friend but then when he picks up a phone his watchers profess he is being watched and his watchers admit to him it is a holistic surveillance. The failure of the individual to compete next to the state in the business of surveillance is the closing theme of the story. Their is also a movie with Sandra Bullock around identity control, which is similar to Hackman's old film and similarly didn't get the accolades for the raw approach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huYQ7x0v9E8 1970 colossus, the forbin project James Hong citing. The key is access. Funny how Wargames and the Terminator both have as their main premise computers being given access to nuclear arsenals, cause humans don't trust humans or humans don't act quick enough on command. But there lies the true story for me. It is the fact that in colossus/wargames/the terminator a computer program is given access to what it shouldn't. The enemy isn't the computer programs abilities. The enemy is the human hubris that gives computer's the access to power the computer should not have. https://vimeo.com/584593423?fl=pl&fe=vl 1972 Silent Running And the role of space exploration in preserving the earth. The myth is that once humanity figures out how to go outside earth and extract everything or use everything earth can be a paradise forgetting the inefficient human systems will get in the way. https://ok.ru/video/5844487178779 1973 Soylent Green I concur about resource based social structures. The fact that soylent green has no resistance movements is underrated. The percent of people who have knowledge is being reduced to a level where not enough people know anything to have movements. Most of the people with knowledge are old. And expensive computer systems are not around either. Computer games for the rich. Computer systems in manufacturing, developing soylent green exist but they are unable to do anything or interfere with anything of a grand design, because they are designed well. https://archive.org/details/soylent-green-1973_20210310 1975 Rollerball The role of sport in modernity. The key is the efficiency of human systems and how sport is one of the last and maybe only activity human beings enjoy that requires humans. humans enjoy watching humans fight to the death. In rollerball the AI is a computer trapped in a room with data. It isn't connected to nuclear weapons and in rollerball it seems people don't carry around computer systems of a certain level of advanced interaction. And yet, the corporations have specific machines for surveillance and more. The problem is of ideas. It isn't that humanity hasn't found a balance, it is that the balance through technology demands total control or adherence to a system of life. 1975 Death Race 2000 This is reality television's future. From "Big Brother" to "Naked and Afraid" to "Jackass the movie" to "Real Housewives" to "The Kardashian clan" Reality TV which is the most scripted, is designed to give viewers the distant pleasures of viewing, safe in that they are never hurt while active in that they participate in the action sequence. Death Race like Roller ball is a world where the system of business hasn't made poverty, but the human need to have more has been sated by an athletic competition designed to allow the closest to complete depravity. https://youtu.be/-1SEgbolSF4?si=Y6oJKaLqAjXYweP3 1975 the stepford wives As I typed, robotic bodies while electronic simulation systems are ever nearer. No laws exist to even remotely guide humans, especially males from desiring pseudo female slaves and the film correctly shows what happens to real women in a disadvantaged situation when men can replace them with someone perfect to their intentions. Not as nature intended. I argue the remake with the bioelectrical controlling chip misses the brutality of the original film. In the remake the women can be saved with a change in the circuit but in the original film, the women once truly replaced are killed to make way for the robotic woman. https://youtu.be/UiqinUpRQgU?si=63Pxk3Sv4AA1czfn 1973 Westworld Like Death race or Rollerball, Westworld is a world where poverty isn't the problem but entertainment gives humans the ability to not get involved in questioning the larger system. How is wealth distributed. As in rollerball or death race, we don't see what goes on in the poorer regions in humanity, which is the frightening reality of westworld, a playground for the haves while no consideration to the have nots who are clearly blockaded from all thought or media exposure. https://youtu.be/PzlbMrpF7qA?si=RyFzDj0SJhkLjTtv 1978 The boys from Brazil Genetic engineering requires environmental controls and to what lengths can the wealthy use to dictate who is born , what traits survive. What damage can be done to humanity by humanity when genetic engineering becomes feasible to humans most fantastical desires. https://youtu.be/3UKWdOEEFMs?si=hnNQLTWduVeQ-kmT 1978 Coma Organ harvesting is real. This is known in prisons or in poor countries. Coma shows this. The tragedy is how people don't want to face this, like soylent green. What if you need a human being to help you live, not to feed. The desperation to live by the rich has no bounds. Vampires. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9m08cm 1976 Network Mad as hell. Audience likes dictate over quality. It isn't about guiding to betterment but selling any subject or content to profit. Nothing is sacred when anything can be sold. https://youtu.be/A64rR5Dp07s?si=lHAKbcO42cgV4E4y https://youtu.be/_RujOFCHsxo?si=Tom5kBIplsPI0cbF 1977 Capricorn One The key is providing an illusion is more important than the truth. Like Network media dictates events and so controlling media is ever more important. Such that the efficiency of the system will slowly degrade to a point where no one will be ready. https://youtu.be/fMJwIeXYE0g?si=-FZ_4QLDWmV9HZsc 1974 Dark Star The corporatization of space travel. Will be a true wild west of the future. Not the myth of cowboys vs Indians, but the reality of people fighting each other , surviving the elements , while either are paving the way for the rich to remove both of them once the moon/mars or other outer areas are settled, just like the west. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8tb80s 1976 Logan's Run This is a dysfunctional plan of human preservation. Humanity outside the dome is dying, while humanity in the dome is in a loop. But the dome is dying. At some point no humanity will exist outside the dome and the loop inside the dome will die out in ignorance and impotency. In the original book, the rival to Logan 5 is a very old man kept young by cosmetic surgeries, who takes logan and "wife" to a ship where humanity actually exists off earth. Thus, Logan's run is really a test in the book to see who is truly ready to be free. https://ok.ru/video/1820870576820 1977 The Island Dr. Moreau Dr Moreau himself , a scientist who has placed himself far from human communities, while he is trying to do better than nature, with no thought to the community he creates. A lone human enters his private space and automatically creates chaos. Dr Moreau at heart wants to make a super race, a perfect race, as if anything made by humans can be perfect. Dr Moreau made his own tomb on an island nailed by the bodies of his inventions and didn't realize it was an inevitable failure that one drop of external human input destroyed. https://ok.ru/video/250508675650 IN AMENDMENT 15 banned hollywood films https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr2Qn7G41xo Freaks 1932 It is a good film. Yes, it is insulting to midgets dwarves or various natural humans who do not have a common form. Yes, it is a revenge film. But what is wrong in any of it? The truth is, many humans do treat other humans as said midgets or others were treated in the film. Said treatment was and is not a lie. so, again, it is insensitive, but it isn't a lie and I find greater insult in the need for people to not see the truth in their negative actions. And also the truth in warranted revenge. Revenge is negative, but it is not eternally unwarranted. Sometimes revenge is earned by the cruelty of those who are revenged upon, ala white Europeans have earned revenge by indigenous peoples of the Americas, the first peoples often called native americans. The funny thing about freaks is, in film, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein whom in literature is of a beautiful human form, is depicted as a "freak" while the creatures creator Frankenstein, in literature a obsessive infatuated egoist, is treated as a scientist of good will who made a mistake. https://archive.org/details/freaks-1932-colorized-movie-720p-hd Island of Lost Souls 1932 This film treats Moreau correctly. Moreau is a man of knowledge who has found him a place on earth where he can become god with his intellect. And of course, as moreau is only human the inevitable fall from his attempt at godhood occurs. Again, the white audience of that time, which accepted, the annihilation of black towns and experimenting on black people, didn't like to see its actions. Denial. why should films support denial ? People in modernity say they want to escape when they watch films. but that isn't my desire when i see a film. I like my life, i am merely peering into a world, I don't want to escape into it. The audience has been trained to want to escape because of the lies , the banning of films like island of lost souls supports. The Sign of the Cross 1932 Films about history are always in the situation of the sign of the cross. I grew up in a home where history was taught with one tenet in mind, truth, not desire or want or convenience or ease. Truth. when some or many black people today suggest they don't want to see slavery to whites in a film, what are they really saying? they can't stomach the truth? or worse, they rather ignore or blockade the truth of an unquestioned majority of black people, ninety nine percent, for the truth of an unquestioned minority of black people, the one percent of black people living giddy or happy in some varying integration with whites. why? What pains black people today in the truth of the past? IS it that black people today know that while they live in the light of what the old minority wanted, they live in a way the old majority would had attacked, spit on, burned with all their souls. When any populace in humanity can't face the violence from their forebears or the misery their forebears lived, they are weak. https://ok.ru/video/746986867202 Scarface 1932 Still the best scarface for me. His sister in this film is completely brilliant. The most potent thing about scarface 1932 in comparison to the al pacino scarface is the historical honesty. Miami in the 1970s was never what scarface presented, but the mob violence in new York city or Chicago was what Muni's scarface displayed correctly. People in New York City talk about gang violence as if today is some grandiose, the greatest era of gang violence new York city had was mostly white Italian/irish/jewish and totally above control. But people from whites to non whites suggest modernity is some parallel example. It is a lie. I notice no one has ever showed the two scarfaces back to back , at least in recent memory https://archive.org/details/scarface-1932_202109 Ecstacy 1933 I never saw this one, but a young hedy lamar. Prelolita lolita:) The lolita book is 1955 and the lolita film 1962 by stanley Kubrick are decades after estacy. https://ok.ru/video/3554222213830 The Story of Temple Drake 1933 From Faulkner sanctuary, i never saw this one. This is the film that was used in the legal system for the censors. I need to view it. Babyface 1933 Barbara Stanwyck can act. But beyond that, Babyface is again, truth. In modernity the real housewives show is a set of babyfaces? Bill gates and Jeff Bezos wives are babyfaces. Women use the skill in the bed chamber and in intimacy with men to get men to give to them and hope on a better ride if feasible. This is intimacy as a job, which is very common today. Babyface was at a time when women didn't have the opportunities today, to own a bank account or a house or even vote in a lot of scenarios. https://ok.ru/video/283708426915 Tarzan and his mate 1934 his mate:) for me, Tarzan which was written as a mythos in literature for white European peoples enjoyment and ego against the black African or others in general, merely continued its literary role in film. why ban it? Reefer madness 1936 This movie is a lovely truth on how nazi Germany isn't the only country that made propaganda, film for quick consumption while little thought Marijuana 1936 Reefer madness part 2 The Outlaw 1943 This is one of the films targeted by the code, and the director responded by buying into the media hype making it more scandalous than it was. The problem with self righteousness in any art field is, it is never warranted. https://youtu.be/I7T0tfieOf0?si=ykqFAeKRqa4my-Zu Mom and Dad 1945 Nice idea, separate showing for men and women. That is ahead of the curve, still today , making variants of films for genders is not done or embraced. but i think it can be functional. Song of the South 1946 haha!:) zipity do daa, ziptity yeah! really... ah boy, where do I begin. I think Disney should show song of the south before black panther all the time. It shows how film firms work. The Song of the south was to cater to the majority ticket buying audience which was mostly white and infatuated with happy negroes as underlings. Black Panther was to cater to a global audience where black ticket buyers have the money to carry a film on its own while non black ticket buyers are willing to pay to see a ninety nine percent black cast film. The key is who can buy tickets not respect or truth. Never forget song of the south was a huge money maker for disney Lost Boundaries 1949 After 1934 Imitation of life with real life yella or mulatta, who called herself black, Fredi Washington, and before Human stain 2003 or Free State of Jones 2016 or Passing 2021 there was Lost Boundaries. The funny thing about passing is how many whites were and still are fearful of the claim against black ancestry. White people have killed against that claim. video https://youtu.be/z26VL_0EQks?si=tM7ud-X_3ZQ9ffwq [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Boundaries ] The Moon is Blue 1943 Otto Primenger was great by putting the film forward absent the production code's judgement. https://archive.org/details/MoonIsBlue 1932 was a great year, the last of top down independent cinema in the usa. more 1970s films https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2760&type=status

KWL Live Q&A: The Writer’s Toolbox with Becca Puglisi https://www.kobo.com/kobo-writing-life/blog/kwl-live-q-a-the-writers-toolbox-with-becca-puglisi youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnOemMdLEGI 12:17 plan will put alot of work if you don't then you will write and the editing. 12:19 What are your thoughts to a prime antagonist who isn't the most powerful and is a subject to another whomthey can't defeat? I concur, the writer for the anime "black clover" said he developed all the characters 12:21 You have to make sure the protagonist can overcome 12:30 show outward clues for emotions 12:34 emotional wound thesaurus, is a primer on character, explores how a character will develop habits/biases from fear of something not recurring again 12:40 for a character, each book in a series should have a different arc. focus on one problem per book 12:44 most important marketing tactic? she does the financing her friend does the marketing. Know how to find your audience? and then be true to what your audience wants? 12:48 she compartmentalizes, she works when kids are at school, she is with family when kids are home. safeguard writing time it helps that she works with her friend angela, angela lives in Canada, she in florida but it helps having someone who gets it, family loves you but they usually don't get it. 12:54 what do you wish you knew when you started? I wish i knew how long it will take to become financially viable it takes 10,000 hours to master anything 12:59 where can we find you https://writershelpingwriters.net/ https://onestopforwriters.com/

Assata Shakur spirit flew 09/26 in the year 2025 correction she was born July 16, 1947, so she was 78. from Essence Magazine We are saddened to report that Assata Shakur, revolutionary, activist, and author, has passed away. Born JoAnne Chesimard, she rose as a leading member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, fighting for justice and freedom. A political exile in Cuba since 1984, her life embodied resistance, resilience, and the unyielding pursuit of liberation. Her legacy lives on in the generations she inspired to stand tall in the face of oppression. The best way to honor here is with a quote we all should by: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.” Rest in power, Assata. https://www.essence.com/cuba-says-returning-assata-shakur-us-off-the-table/ Cuba Says Returning Assata Shakur to U.S. Is 'Off the Table' Assata Shakur has been living in Cuba since 1977, when she escaped imprisonment after she was convicted of killing a U.S. state trooper By Taylor Lewis · Updated October 27, 2020 Despite improved relations between the United States and Cuba, Cuban officials have no plans to turn American fugitive Assata Shakur over to the U.S. Shakur, the first woman to be placed on the FBI’s most wanted list, has been at large since 1977, four years after she was arrested on charges of killing a New Jersey State Trooper. However, many believe that Shakur, who had strong affiliations with the Black Panther Party, was framed by COINTELPRO, an anti-liberation government organization. After the shooting, her fingerprints were never found on the gun, and there was no trace of gunpowder on her hands. With the help of the Black Panthers, Shakur escaped prison and fled to Cuba, where she has been living freely ever since. Cuba officially granted her political asylum in 1984, though the United States is determined to see her back on American soil, issuing multiple warrants for her arrest. President Obama announced in December that the two countries have restored relations, even releasing political prisoners from both sides. But, the chances that Cuba will agree to turn over Shakur are slim. Earlier this week, Gustavo Machin, deputy director for American affairs at the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Yahoo! News, “I can say it is off the table. There are very serious doubts about that case. We consider that a politically motivated case against that lady.” The U.S. has not responded to Machin’s statement. https://www.essence.com/assata-shakur-facts-call-return-from-cuba/ 8 Things to Know About Assata Shakur and the Calls to Bring Her Back from Cuba By Paula Rogo · Updated October 26, 2020 Every few years, it’s not uncommon to see Assata Shakur’s name back in the news headlines. Shakur is a revolutionary Black icon, whose legend has evolved into making her a patron saint of Black rebellion in the last half-century. The Queens, N.Y, native has been living in Cuba for over 30 years, after having escaped from the prison where she was serving a sentence for allegedly killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973. 5399089366001 In 2017, President Trump announced that the US would impose new limits on US travelers to Cuba, adding that the US would consider lifting those and other restrictions only after certain changes were made — including returning American fugitives like Shakur. “The harboring of criminals and fugitives will end,” Trump said to Cuba. “You have no choice. It will end.” Cuba pushed back, refusing to hand her over, and adding another chapter to Shakur’s revolutionary life. The island has long been a haven for African-Americans who’ve committed “political crimes” or domestic “terrorism” (In the 1960s, Black Panthers such as Eldridge Cleaver, Huey Newton and Raymond Johnson all spent time in Cuba). A mystic lore now surrounds Shakur, both in her four-decade evasion of law enforcement — she was the first woman to ever make the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list — as well as her proximity to hip-hop royalty — she is step-aunt and godmother to the late Tupac Shakur. Here are eight things to know about her: 1. What’s in a Name? Shakur was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, in Jamaica, Queens. She changed her name to Assata Shakur in 1971. “The name JoAnne began to irk my nerves,” she writes in her autobiography. “I had changed a lot and moved to a different beat. I didn’t feel like no JoAnne, or no Negro, or no Amerikan. I felt like an African woman. My mind, heart, and soul had gone back to Africa but my name was still stranded in Europe somewhere.” 2. The Revolution Article continues after video. Shakur joined the Black Panthers in the late 1960s while in her 20s, but eventually became disillusioned with the direction of the organization and left. She then became a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), another militant Black organization that believed in open resistance. 3. Her Alleged Crimes On May 2, 1973, Shakur and two members of the BLA were pulled over by state troopers in New Jersey. State Trooper Werner Foerster and one BLA member were killed. While police maintain that Shakur is responsible in Foerster’s death, she has consistently denied the accusation. In 1977, Shakur was convicted on one murder charge and six assault charges and sentenced to life in prison. But there is much evidence to suggest the trial was not fair; her lawyer called the trial “a legal lynching and a kangaroo court.” She escaped in 1979 with the assistance of BLA members posing as visitors to the prison. 4. Fidel Steps In Shakur was granted asylum by Fidel Castro in 1984. 5. FBI’s Most Wanted In May 2013, the 40th anniversary of her arrest, she became the first woman ever to be named on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. There is a $2 million federal and state reward for her arrest. 6. Extradition Over the years, politicians have called for her extradition from Cuba, including Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, and most recently President Trump. 7. ‘She Is Innocent’ Many prominent Black thinkers and leaders have also maintained her innocence. Angela Davis, for example, has said that Shakur is a little threat to the U.S. government: “Assata is not a threat. She is innocent,” she has said. “People really don’t know the details and are not aware of the extent to which [Shakur] was targeted by the FBI and the COINTEL programme.” 8. Hip-Hop Loves Her Shakur is an icon within hip-hop lore, having been cited in songs like Public Enemy’s “Rebel Without A Pause” to Common’s “A Song for Assata.” Being the godmother and step-aunt to Tupac Shakur also adds to her intrigue. from NewsOne Activist, revolutionary, Black Panther Party leader and member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), Assata Olugbala Shakur, has died at age 78, according to her daughter, Kakuya Shakur, meaning the ancestors have gained a fierce warrior in the fight against white supremacy. May she rest in power. https://newsone.com/6489574/revolutionary-fighter-for-black-liberation-assata-shakur-dies-at-78/ Revolutionary Fighter For Black Liberation Assata Shakur Dies At 78 Black Liberation Party member Assata Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, has died at the age of 78, according to family members. Source: Delphine Fawandu / Delphine Fawandu Activist, revolutionary, Black Panther Party leader and member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA), Assata Olugbala Shakur, has died at age 78, according to her daughter, Kakuya Shakur, meaning the ancestors have gained a fierce warrior in the fight against white supremacy. Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens, New York, was the sister of fellow Black liberation movement icon Mutulu Shakur, who died in 2023 at 72, and the godmother and step-aunt of late legendary rapper and actor Tupac Shakur, whose mother, Afeni, was Mutulu’s wife. Assata represents one of the most iconic names associated with the Black Panthers and the fight to truly liberate Black people from white overseers. That is how Black American people see and celebrate her. For America, she’s a far more controversial figure, and to many, she’s a notorious criminal who broke out of prison and fled the country after murdering a police officer, an act that kept her on the FBI’s Most Wanted List and New Jersey’s Most Wanted List until her dying day. According to EBSCO Knowledge Advantage, she was the first woman to be placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. On May 2, 1973, Shakur and two other BLA members were pulled over on the New Jersey Turnpike by State Trooper Werner Foerster and another highway officer. A confrontation occurred between the officers and Shakur’s group, which resulted in a shootout that left Forrester and another individual dead. In 2019, FBI’s Special Agent in Charge Gregory Ehrie characterized the shooting as “a heinous execution of a law enforcement officer, cut and dry.” “This is without dispute,” Ehrrie continued. Oh, but this certainly has been disputed. In fact, supporters of Shakur have and continue to argue that the trial was flawed, citing a lack of physical evidence and eyewitness inconsistencies, and the history of efforts by law enforcement, including the FBI, to undermine and outright sabotage the civil rights movement and Black power movements. At any rate, Shakur escaped from prison in 1979 and ultimately sought asylum in Cuba, where she lived out her life. As written by our sister site, Bossip: But despite the government’s efforts to silence her, Assata Shakur’s words and work lived on. Her 1988 autobiography Assata became a blueprint for resistance and self-determination, widely studied by activists, scholars, and young people searching for a voice in the struggle. Her life inspired movements like Assata’s Daughters in Chicago, and her name was shouted in protests in Ferguson and across the world. Assata was a human rights activist and freedom fighter who stood in solidarity with oppressed people worldwide — and for that, her legacy will endure. “People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave,” Shakur once said, according to her book, Assata: An Autobiography. In honor of her legacy, here’s the beautiful tribute to Assata Shakur, her story and her legacy, “A Song for Assata,” by Common. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaqXrT9bU10 Rest well, Assata, and be free. A SONG FOR ASSATA by COMMON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaqXrT9bU10 https://newsone.com/2436064/angela-davis-fbi-assata-shakur/ Angela Davis: FBI Targeting Assata Shakur ‘Reflects Very Logic Of Terrorism’ [VIDEO] In an interview from 2013, Angela Davis and Lennox Hinds, Assata Shakur's attorney, discuss Assata being added to the FBI's Most Wanted list. Written by Kirsten West Savali Published on September 26, 2025 UPDATE — Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, 11:12 a.m. EST: Assata Shakur joined the ancestors on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. In rememberance of her life and her work to liberate Black people, NewsOne is republishing this article and video about her being placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted List. In an interview on Democracy Now with Amy Goodman and Juan González, Davis said that the FBI placing Shakur on its “Most Wanted Terrorists” list, the first woman to be so designated, “reflects the very logic of terrorism.” “It seems to me that this act incorporates or reflects the very logic of terrorism,” Davis says. “I can’t help but think that it’s designed to frighten people who are involved in struggles today. Forty years ago seems like it was a long time ago. In the beginning of the 21st century, we’re still fighting around the very same issues — police violence, healthcare, education, people in prison.” Davis was joined by Lennox Hinds, Assata Shakur’s attorney since 1973 and professor of criminal justice at Rutgers University, who also said the act is politically motivated: “This is a political act pushed by the state of New Jersey, by some members of Congress from Miami, and with the intent of putting pressure on the Cuban government and to inflame public opinion,” Hinds says. “There is no way to appeal someone being put on the terrorists list.” Shakur, formerly Joanne Chesimard, was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, and the first woman placed on the “Most Wanted Terrorists” list. Shakur, the godmother of slain Hip-Hop artist, poet, actor and activist, Tupac Shakur, is only the second person from inside the United States to be placed on the list. In an unexpected move, the state of New Jersey announced it was adding $1 million to the FBI’s $1 million reward for her capture. Though the politically accepted version of events vilifies Shakur, please read below for the facts. Liberation News reports: Shakur was falsely convicted of having killed an officer on May 2, 1973. While driving on the New Jersey Turnpike, Assata, Zayd Shakur, and Sundiata Acoli were stopped by state troopers, allegedly for having a “faulty taillight.” A shootout ensued where one state trooper killed Zayd Shakur, and another trooper, Werner Foerster, ended up dead. Shakur was charged with both murders, despite the fact that the other trooper, James Harper, admitted he killed Zayd Shakur. Assata had been, following police instructions, standing with her hands in the air, when she was shot by Trooper Harper more than once, including a bullet to the back. Trooper Harper lied and said he had seen Shakur reach for a gun, a claim he later recanted. He also claimed she had been in a firing position, something a surgeon who examined her said was “anatomically impossible.” The same surgeon said it was “anatomically necessary” for her arms to have been raised for her to receive the bullet wounds she did. Tests done by the police found that Shakur had not fired a gun, and no physical or medical evidence was presented by the prosecution to back up their claim that she had fired a gun at Trooper Harper. While she was in trial proceedings, the state attempted to pin six other serious crimes on her, alleging she had carried out bank robberies, kidnappings and attempted killings. She was acquitted three times, two were dismissed and one resulted in a hung jury. Shakur was put on trial in a county where because of pre-trial publicity 70 percent of people thought she was guilty, and she was judged by an all-white jury. Without any physical evidence to present, the prosecution had to rely totally on false statements and innuendo aimed at playing on the prejudices of the jury pool against Black people, political radicals, and Black revolutionaries in particular. Finally, after years behind bars, the state secured her conviction for the Turnpike shooting. In 1979, Shakur escaped from jail and fled to Cuba where she received political asylum and has lived ever since. She once wrote, “I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government’s policy towards people of color.” https://youtu.be/ZCuj2pvFPY4?si=iv61Mja2MPAKZy5A It speaks to the hypocrisy of the United States that there are police officers who have not only killed unarmed, innocent people, but are roaming free and lauded for their bravery. Based on the criteria, there are certain police departments who should be characterized as domestic terror cells. But instead, the FBI is going after a 65-year-old revolutionary who isn’t even guilty and — by international law — has the right to seek political asylum. It is amazing — and pathetic — how swiftly the FBI felt compelled to frame the domestic terrorism conversation around a Black revolutionary living in Cuba, instead of two White men from Boston. Timing is everything — and the timing of this travesty of justice speaks volumes. To show your support and say Hands Off Assata Shakur, sign the Change.org here. Angela Davis and Assata Shakur's Lawyer Denounce FBI's Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorist List https://youtu.be/ZCuj2pvFPY4?si=iv61Mja2MPAKZy5A In 1987 referral https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/assata-shakur-black-liberation-army-figure-activist-dies-78-rcna233919

Movies That Move We- Sounder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9WlL2KAjlg My Thoughts To the Minutes Movies That Move We, the third generation:) Lis + Kim+ Manda with Nike looking at Sounder. Manda/Kim/Nike/Lis 2:10 interesting that Kim had to read The Secret Garden. 3:22 Nike question, a question of a black family written by a white man? Lis: don't feel it is well received Kim: if he grew up in a family different than him, or have a different . But Manda: a product of the time. He had editors. the gaze in the story is for a certain audience. 6:14 Nike couldn't find any interviews. She cites a note: "fifty years ago i learned to read at a round table at a country school house, the teachers name was Charles jones. After school he worked for my father and in the summer he drove a hay rake and a mowing machine. He had a deep rich voice and he loved to tell stories, I have never forgotten them. Out of the stories he told me and the boy who sat next to me in the round table came the story in this book" 7:42 Nike didn't like the unnamed characters 10:20 Swampy the dog had no other roles in a movie:) 11:21 Nike asked what do you think about the dog? Kim, she liked the dog in the book becoming part of the family. 17:14 Nike, is this a radical story? Lis, the screen writer was black for the film did that make a difference. Kim, felt the film was tame. Manda, she turned it on and told her kids to go away. 22:45 The performance of Cicely Tyson 24:54 In the book, the author didn't have the ability to write the energy , so in the movie, a black woman was able to bring life in it. 27:11 in 1972 women couldn't have a credit card on their own in the united states of America, good point by Nike. 28:29 Lis, good point, god is the higher male and the pastor used god in that part. 29:55 Nike, when the boy went to the teachers house , he felt she was rich good question about whether he got that from a first hand source 31:32 Nike, what are your thoughts on the education scene? Kim, excited but sad. The teacher was considered rich for having her own home. A simple thing. Manda, in the book, we saw his progression. he lamented he couldn't read. In the movie he already can. And in the book the teacher was an older white guy, while the teacher was a younger black female. 33:48 Overview call from Nike 34:19 Manda, ask, does the movie exist as a reclamation of the story. 37:56 The ending, in the book the father was paralyzed very badly while in the movie, it was made more gentle. 39:15 Good point that the father and dog died in the book at the end. 39:42 Nike asked how did it feel Kim mentioned how she never lived in such a financially poor housing as the black characters in the book and she was spoiled as a child and when she was subjected to stories like this, she said thank god i am not in this situation. 41:36 Unike Sounder roots was very visible with the violence. 41:56 before Roots what story was the media standard? 43:28 Nike can't recall to many films with a black child at the center. IN AMENDMENT Sounder 2 supposedly was barely released which i argue is how the film industry producers historically kill films they don't want any to see but were forced from whatever reason to produce. Think John carter of mars for disney. IT was made , but Disney killed that film in advertising in the media mechanics of what a film needs. And Disney did it cause they bought MArvel and didn't want to waste any future money on a john carter series link https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&lpg=PA78&vq=annazette%20chase&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q&f=falseembed referral https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_2,_Sounder The Dandridge Sisters n 1940 Irene https://youtu.be/CTeabecj_4o?si=BQ2qgnGQ6_1bTeYs Bright Road Directed by Gerald Mayer Screenplay by Emmet Lavery Based on "See How They Run" 1951 short story Ladies' Home Journal by Mary Elizabeth Vroman Starring Dorothy Dandridge Philip Hepburn Harry Belafonte Barbara Ann Sanders https://youtu.be/278qbMmPpPI?si=eqML-s-coYm5Wmwo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_Road Four Shall Die is a 1940 American supernatural crime film directed by William Beaudine. It features Dorothy Dandridge in her first credited film role. It says in the black cinemaconnection that the film is presumed lost. Damn! https://blackcinemaconnection.com/2018/10/29/four-shall-die/ My Comment Nike, you don't like stories with characters absent a name? Lis, the problem is, the producer of the film was white and controlled what could be done or emitted, to this day producers dictate the parameters of artistic expression of directors/thespians or others? Manda, what later films are inspired by Sounder's stylistic conversions from book to screenplay, if any? Manda ask is the film a reclamation. I argue, yes absent deviating from being an intended feel good story. A sounder 2? My first question to you four is, with so many people, black in particular, desiring not to see films involving enslavement of blacks to whites, in the usa in particular, or seeing black struggle in an environment controlled by the non black, does Sounder fit the desire of some film goers , black or non black, to see a film absent black suffering or black struggle? My second question to you four is, the film industry ever since the code came in has always pushed films based on literature to be less violent, less fornicative, less depictive of negativities than the books themselves, the two oppositions to that are the Frankenstein films and Glory from spielberg, where Frankenstein is written as a creature fully functional or pleasant in appearance as a human male, the movies make the creature, crude, disgusting looking, incapable to be with a woman, OR the fifty third regiment mostly made up of free black men who can read but are depicted more negatively in terms of their status or condition. But, from fifty shades to Sounder to lord of the flies, to journey to the west to the statian film adapations of "men who hate women" ninety nine percent of films are never allowed to go as far as books. So my question is, what do you say to that? Has the film going audience in the usa been trained to expect a lighter touch on violent scenes, so much that to do as the books most violent parts will be unacceptable? Kim, roots was made in 1977, five years after , and Manda's question is interesting. If Sounder had not been made, would Roots be made? I think Roots is interesting cause even though Roots is well known , it isn't something shown alot today. And I argue it is because it isn't uplifting. Overall it doesn't allow non blacks to think of the usa as this country of egalitarianism, not does it allow blacks to think of the usa as some wanted home by their forebears, who were forced to immigrate. Nanda, asked before Roots what was the film dealing with the past of blacks in the USA considered the "standard" and I argue Sounder was it. Nike, check out the film Bright Road with Dorothy Dandridge, the question I pose to all four of you is, if no "Bright Road" 1953 happened would there be a Sounder film? referral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9WlL2KAjlg&lc=UgwTgyYJo5BPjxYaWzB4AaABAg

Someone asked me to give old horror films i recommend and are my favorites... I added some good to watch, what say you? Recommended The Seventh Victim- 1943- you may enjoy this one, I saw this for the first time recently. The end is electric, a human horror or is it?:) I want to know if you think this is more frightening than rosemary's baby? The Uninvited 1944- I despise that the studios demanded the ending where the ghost is revealed. it is the films only blemish. The Innocents 1961- the chiaroscuro in this film is brilliant, plus the story shows how human horror can be. A favorite of mine but i recommend. The Haunting 1963 - the chiaroscuro in this film, is brilliant Kuroneko 1968 - it is romantic so may be one of the best to watch with a partner. the beginning is so straight forward The Wicker Man- 1973- you thought you could come her, a man alone, and defeat all of us, brilliant. Outside the introductory message which is temporally brilliant, the ego of the cop guy,... in the wicker man it is the arrogance to go into horror, that is the trick for me. Alot of other films these people didn't know or didn't want but here, this guy walks into it. the horror of human arrogance. A Favorite of mine but I recommend. Favorite The Body Snatcher 1945- I love the plot, every character has value, every character has purpose, for me it is great writing, and I love when human horror blends with supernatural horror. Isle of the Dead 1945 - again Luten, The premise is great, the reason why they are in this little island works, and the rest is magic. Invasion of the Body Snatcher 1956- it is campy but classic. it is a classic example of how a writer can make a premise that doesn't require non humans creature to still have creatures. The Masque of the Red Death 1964 - I just love hearing Vincent Price say, I was a worshipper of Satan when no one else was:) classic. The Devil Rides Out 1968 - thank god... yes, it is he you must thank:) the fact that a character actually explains the supernatural in this film.is underrated. yes, the special effects are campy. Night of the Living Dead 1969 - the action of this horror film, great use Not Recommended or Favorite but a good watch Phantom of the opera 1925 - You need to see the restored version, i got to see it on turner classic movies. The end is great cause it exposes the truth, that many miss, the phantom's real weapon isn't his face but his manipulation of the emotions of the masses, their fear. Cat People 1942- Val Lewton. As a fellow writer you may be interested to know that Luten wrote many screenplays that were never made. He produced cat people but he was involved in all his films production. The Picture of Dorian Grey 1945- if you are fan of angela lansbury , cry:) Night of the hunter 1955 human horror, very tense, not spooky, a crime drama but man House on Haunted Hill 1959 - the plot is lovely Carnival of SOuls 1962- great hook at the end Onibaba 1964- great blend of magic and human horror Second 1966- another human horror, it is human society that is the horror, nice angular cinematography Event Horizon 1997 liberate tuteme:) hahaah not old, but consider it, love the premise. The autopsy of Jane Doe 2016- not old, not black and white, but the use of light and shadow and the premise, considering who the criminal really is:) Referral https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2745&type=status EMBED CODE

Ghibli vs Disney concerning "evil doers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5DpniToXq4 my comment One missed on thing about Zeniba. While many consider her good because she welcomes chihero and company, has her guide , lantern, help them through the dark forest about her home. Is hugging and gentle and kind. What is missed to the parallel between Zeniba side Yubaba is the negativities, maybe not evil, in Zeniba. Yubaba lives close to the gates to the living world, so she can actually interact with those who may become lost. Yubaba is like a community organizer of various spirits who have become lost or need a balanced life. Zeniba lives very far so much so even leaving at the early morning by train she can only be reached at night. She doesn't offer any assistance even though she can reach Yubaba's lands as she proved with the paper airplane creatures. Zeniba has never had a child meaning she has never opened herself up to certain kinds of relationship. Zeniba may not have what people can an evil aspect, but she has her own negativity, which i think is missed in ghibli's "good" characters at times. in amendment so @Miguelmunuera2601 are you saying the best writing strategy is to do the nippon 4 act in the jeudeo christian three act.

dark skin women are liked when they are physically exceptional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWVcDaKJVww my comment you made me laugh "excuse me white woman, would you please ..." ahh she is a DOS interesting so many assumed she is from the continent. If you ever go to the southern states and see black towns you will see very dark skin black people. good point on lizzo, the idea that black women whose faces are never deemed more beautiful than white women's in white owned media, has to have a body that no male can deny they want to screw is the allusion. And black entertainers especially musicians don't make it better when in their videos talking about the best women to screw, they have so many women who are not black or yella black women. DO YOU KNIT?

so that’s why this scene made Denzel a star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEjh41DCLo my comment the problem with glory is the film while a work of fiction speaks true on a lot of things. But the most important thing it says is, the union won but it wasn't that the union or the confederacy were heroes. but a few of the seeds in that time will start to modulate the usa into the functional multiracial populace it is today, over three hundred million, more racial variance than any other populace under any other government. As Speilberg suggested using O fortuna [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Fortuna ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nthojvLZoNY&list=RDnthojvLZoNY&start_radio=1 ] about the inevitability of fate. Most well known in film audiences concerning King Arthur which is a call back to a fantasy past. In Glory, O Fortuna , refers to the "glorious" fate of the usa going forward where blacks and non blacks will fight together moreover in the coming years and moreso beyond the time of the war between the states. So even as the 54 mostly fall , what they begin will be something unseen. A time unseen before. [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3sZiVAO0k ; NOTE: charging fort wagner - https://jameshorner-filmmusic.com/glory-an-analysis-of-the-complete-score/ ] The Most Terrifying Trope in Modern Horror (That No One Will Touch) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPyiNgAXEKg my comment Never heard of Swallow Barn from John Kennedy [ https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/swallow-barn-1832/ , under pen name Mark Littleton] , thanks. Aunt Phillis's Cabin [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aunt_Phillis%27s_Cabin ] thanks again. I knew of Dixon but I didn't know he was a pastor, hilarious. The Leopard's spots[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Leopard%27s_Spots ] / The Clansman [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clansman:_A_Historical_Romance_of_the_Ku_Klux_Klan ] / The Traitor [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Traitor_(Dixon_novel) ] You may enjoy KLAN IS DENOUNCED BY 'THE CLANSMAN'; Thomas Dixon Blames It for Riots and Bloodshed and Demands It Be Throttled. Jan. 23, 1923 [ https://www.nytimes.com/1923/01/23/archives/klan-is-denounced-by-the-clansman-thomas-dixon-blames-it-for-riots.html ] Within Our Gates from Micheaux is lovely [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1E0NrcnwAE ] [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Within_Our_Gates ] Charles Chesnutt If anyone ever finds the Conjure Woman I wonder. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conjure_Woman_(film) ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conjure_Woman ; ] before passing by nella larsen [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passing_(novel) ] and devil in a blue dress by walter mosley [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_in_a_Blue_Dress ] there was the house behind the cedars [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Behind_the_Cedars ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_Behind_the_Cedars_(book) ] The Foxes of HArrow - odd the book doesn't have a wiki page. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foxes_of_Harrow ] Computers can be coded to not make connections, though people may not realize it. Good point on comedy being the way to attack the southern plantation. Yeah, comedy is a tool looking at Get Out, I am not a comedic writer. Sons of Ingagi - first science fiction film to have an all black cast [ https://archive.org/details/SonOfIngagi1940 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Ingagi ] Consider watching the Blood of Jesus, written and directed by spencer williams [ https://archive.org/details/blood_of_jesus ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blood_of_Jesus ] Nice shout for the innocents, true horror classic [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpFEXmmiAt0 ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Innocents_(1961_film) ] John P Kennedy mentored Poe, wow. Funny how it took to the 1990s for lake Lanier to be revealed to still have graves. Good point on slave narratives. A unique DOS genre , like Negro Spirituals. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidents_in_the_Life_of_a_Slave_Girl ; https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/11030 ] Good point on how Victorian mansions and antebellum homes were made at the same time, while the European Victorian broke down and haunted while antebellum became wedding spaces. Never heard of the Changeling [ https://youtu.be/WA-taJ2Ui30?si=HtwWlEGrRer5YrBw ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Changeling_(film) ] CLOTEL https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/496-clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-a-narrative-of-slave-life-in-the-united-states-by-william-well-brown/ ANd To see more work https://aalbc.com/tc/clubs/7-dos-earliest-literature/

medieval fantasy is or not https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6jtEbn2s-w my comment Interesting points. well done. I like ivanhoe. Good point, gawain and the green knight has more in common with narnia not lord of the rings when it comes to a real setting that interacts with the fantastic. I get your point. Folklorism needs to be stated more often. Good points, dragons/elves/magic women with items are not confined to european medeival. You convinced me, fantasy is the genre, not medieval fantasy. 18:56 good point the problem is the way in which history books assess history. 19:57 good quote, people didn't go to sleep ancient and wake up medieval. As i say, the roman empire didn't die when most think it did. 22:55 funny 23:14 great point, technology doesn't arrive at the same time everywhere. 24:31 good point on using communication methods as a determinent. 26:52 good point inhow in east asia, they are talking about who is running things, in that case, 28:47 good point, most people in europe durin the time called the middle ages had a greater religiosity than most fantasy novel labeled medieval have. 32:04 funny how he went from constantine to the ottomans. 35:54 what about european fantasy as a label for lord of the rings/song of ice and fire or similar. 39:23 yes more finesse is needed in how people construct history 43:17 great point , thousand of years and now tech change 45:58 thank you, some wars are inevitable 46:04 great point cause george rr martin once said, what about the orcs how are orc children. so Song of ice and fire is historical fantasy while lord of the rings is fantasy based on multiheritage folklore 53:03 hmm good points, using time or who is in charge is a better label IN AMENDMENT Excalibur silent film edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MjyYEQtr3A

Wayne Lewis of Atlantic Starr born April 13th, In 1957 Wayne Lewis- of Atlantic Starr who cowrote Always https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/pop-singer-in-iconic-rb-group-who-co-wrote-popular-wedding-song-dead-at-68.html song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM-CiPKZF4g LYRIC [Verse 1: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Girl, you are to me All that a woman should be And I dedicate my life To you, always The love like yours is rare It must have been Sent from up above And I know you'll stay this way For always [Pre-Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers, Barbara Weathers] And we both know That our love will grow And forever It will be You and me, hey [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasin' all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Verse 2: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Come with me, my sweet Let's go make a family And they will bring us joy For always Oh, boy I love you so I can't find enough ways To let you know But you can be sure I'm yours For always [Pre-Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers, Barbara Weathers] And we both know That our love will grow And forever It will be You and me, hey yeah [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasing all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Bridge: Barbara Weathers] Hey, yeah [Chorus: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, you're like the sun Chasing all of the rain away When you come around You bring brighter days You're the perfect one For me and you Forever will be And I will love you so For always [Outro: Wayne Lewis and Barbara Weathers] Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always Ooh, ooh I will love you so For always lyrics from David Lewis Wayne Lewis Funny how they wrote one of the most well known romantic songs of the late 1970s early 1980s while also one of the best if not most well known cheating couple song song SECRET LOVERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzwQ-PNJtPg song with stage intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe2UXqFo0DY LYRICS [stage intro] - San Bernardino! (crowd cheering) can we talk? [laughter] Okay. Right now I'd like to tell you a story, okay? But in order for me to tell you the story, you must, you just must use your imagination. Okay, ladies. (gentle music) Okay, first, imagine that this is the finest man you have ever seen in your life! (crowd cheering) Whoo! Is he fine or what? (crowd cheering) But he's mine. And I love him. But on my way to rehearsal, I saw this man. Whoo-whee! And girlfriend, let me tell you, he was finer than my man was! So I wanted to mess around with him a little bit. You know what I'm saying? But I couldn't leave my man, could I? - No. - So in order to have my cake and eat it too, I had to keep him a secret. Do we have any secret lovers out here in the house tonight? (crowd cheering) This is for you. [official song] Here we are, the two of us together Takin' this crazy chance to be all alone We both know that we should not be together 'Cause if we're found out, it could mess up both our happy homes I hate to think about us all meetin' up together 'Cause as soon as I look at you, it will show on my face, yeah Then they'll know that we've been loving each other We can't let 'em know, no, no, no, we can't leave a trace Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are We shouldn't be together But we can't let go, no, no 'Cause we love each other so (ooh) Sittin' at home, I do nothin' all day But think about you and hope that you're okay Hopin' you'll call before anyone gets home I wait anxiously alone by the phone How could something so wrong be so right? I wish we didn't have to keep our love out of sight, yeah Livin' two lives just ain't easy at all But we gotta hang on in there or fall Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are Tryin' so hard to hide the way we feel 'Cause we both belong to someone else But we can't let it go 'Cause what we feel is, oh, so real So real, so real You and me, are we fair? Is this cruel? Or do we care? Can they tell what's in our minds? Maybe they've had secret love all of the time In the middle of makin' love we notice the time We both get nervous 'cause it's way after nine Even though we hate it, we know it's time that we go We gotta be careful so that no one will know Secret lovers, yeah, that's what we are Tryin' so hard to hide the way we feel 'Cause we both belong to someone else But we can't let it go 'Cause what we feel is, oh, so real So real, so real So real, so real Songwriters: Wayne I. Lewis, David E. Lewis

Robert redford for me is underrated as someone who performed all the roles you can in film making. Thespian- the one who acts/Director- the manager of the collective artwork that is film making/Producer- the financier all films need as a collective work in an unfree medium list of his film activities: actor/director/producer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Redford_filmography FILMS AS THESPIAN I NOTE 1972 the candidate - a film so poignant it is devastating. My advice is to see "A Face In The Crowd" 1957 with Patricia Neal with this and be amazed. Ever since this film Redford never left the theme of the hidden or not publicly acknowledged government in various ways. I will note the following Candidate films CFers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Candidate_(1972_film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N97UYGGzNU 1973 the sting - I must admit here, I think of me and my father. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nAIb_J9T5M A note to film making https://youtube.com/shorts/m4xM8lmKEp4?si=tX2nzOyx4hgboqGV SCOTT JOPLIN's Ragtime music was the soundtrack. Marvin Hamlisch said so much himself, when he received an award for the score. And I will add, Hamlisch placement of Joplin's songs, was excellent. Solace https://youtu.be/Pod_Rwrx_q0?si=CRMmkW9AMnngT8d- The Album https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM5FA8Zvu40Aqvw1dtsHKBxMJDjbsqhW0 1974 the great Gatsby - my father always loved the cinematography of this one, he said that DiCaprio film is... not the same level https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby_(1974_film) https://youtu.be/deg7g3Z5AHI?si=Ov4_mfG1z7BKtHQt 1975 three days of the condor -CFers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Days_of_the_Condor 1976 all the president's men -CFers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_President%27s_Men_(film) excerpt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmLNzZsEgA4 1980 Brubaker -CFers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brubaker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scA0vHUcmLM 1984 the natural https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Natural_(film) Final at bat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i94ldGNNSQ0 1985 out of Africa - my parents love the cinematography of this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_(film) The Flight Scene https://youtu.be/KDogVwHqixQ?si=tiD7zdvu7D6F8ivW 1993 the classe americaine - I am going to have to look at this film and see how it dubs. It is an interesting concept. I quote the wiki La Classe américaine (French pronunciation: [la klas ameʁikɛn]; lit. 'American Class'), also known as Le Grand Détournement (The Great Détournement), is a 1993 French television film, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Dominique Mézerette. It consists exclusively of extracts of old Warner Bros. films, put together and dubbed with new lines so as to create an entirely new film that is a parody of Citizen Kane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Classe_am%C3%A9ricaine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8sop56DBUs The director is making his first animated https://youtu.be/Lm7DyvJHxRE?si=EzY9sWrWUG379lg7 2001 the last castle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Castle clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4yyQMt8Glo 2015 truth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth_(2015_film) FILMS AS DIRECTOR I NOTE 1980 ordinary people donal Sutherland was brilliant to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinary_People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdjlLq1tqmU 1988 the Milagro beanfield war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Milagro_Beanfield_War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuaKVk4hNAY 1992 a river runs through it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_River_Runs_Through_It_(film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIolBViUmc 2007 lions for lambs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lions_for_Lambs One of the many good dialogs https://youtu.be/V1hQuzJPRDA?si=WrgI1IBRpxrNfkcP 2010 the conspirator - this is my favorite film of his as a director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conspirator https://youtu.be/wXjFAN73Zmg?si=JE7dtwB-AZdL5794 2012 the company you keep - laboeuf was good in this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Company_You_Keep_(film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ4CTyDwoPM films as producer 2002 skinwalkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalkers_(2002_film) Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQycRMpMMo Series on PBS incomplete https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYk6Q8lybo8&list=PL9PyRItII8cuOh1ohYJtq2OPSe1Ytmtak 2013 the march can't find this anywhere online, not even a trailer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_March_(2013_film) television Nothing in the dark twilight zone episode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_in_the_Dark Redford on Nothing In The Dark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuuAEEj1fq0 Redford on Butch Cassidy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP8yZi8UsM4

viking aiming early attempts Shadversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGORk9z5zQ Lars Anderson Viking Archery video short https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rii-oWSsU4s long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UOfqXL3SM my comment shadversity I think you two had good fun with this one. I did learn something. What is clear is, as the common technique changed over time, the media interpretation of the past simply ignored the common technique used in the past. I think that is very interesting. I wonder how many techniques were done differently in various martial arts in the past, that most people today don't recognize. I do think the run test is the one that really makes the case for this style. You can't run with your arms level to your shoulders faster than you can with your arms parallel to the side of the torso. I argue, Viking archery wasn't weird. It was styled for people who shot while running and close chaotic combat, which you guys didn't test. The standing style is best for the large armies, the lines of archers in the roman empire/Kemet empire/Chinese empire. But, the Rus/Varangians/Vikings/northmen were raiding peoples. The Varangians and Rus and Danes and Normands eventually became kingdoms or empires, but the raiding by Northmen occurred from testament to the muslim governments before during and after the formation of kingdoms by Northmen. My point being, the Northmen liked to raid, more than have a huge standing army and I think it reflects how the structure of organizations like the holy roman empire born from a hybrid roman/northman culture was a set of principalities fighting themselves raiding, and the dissolution of the Carolingian empire after Charlemagne died between his sons who raided each other. Raiding culture allows for an army to be the raiding force but I bet alot of raids not all from northmen were far fewer people, and not as absolutely devastating to the raided. So that an army was usually more an alliance of raiders/Vikings/pirates than a regimented army under one crown. Anyway, I wish you guys would had made the following test, on your first attempts with the Viking style. Take a thirty pound bow on the run and try to hit a target middle of the run while running, perpendicular to the path of the run, and after release keep running. And take a hundred pound bow on the run and try to hit a target middle of the run while running, perpendicular to the path of the run, and after release keep running. Then try the same two run's above but have an option of three targets and randomly select one. I bet the advantage of the lower pound bow or the Viking style will occur. What I think it will prove is, while the standing arms up style is better for more poundage standing still in a line of bowfolk or aiming from safe distances to targets, the running style is better suited for a mobility demanded random obstacle environment where one may be alone at times or using a random arrow and unable to stand and shoot. Raiding is war, but it is another form of war. Raiding isn't campaigns of one big army against another big army, raiding can be a group, attacking a town in another country. In that environment mobility is key. you can't stay and set up camp cause the town will get reinforcements that the group can't handle. comment url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGORk9z5zQ&lc=Ugz1DcSkrkdKLciwUdl4AaABAg my comment lars Anderson long version very informative thank you. The question I have is about European media. The paintings show the truth, but later on the styles changed. Were people in europe ashamed cause when I think on the northman method, I realize , anyone can see it suits a raiding culture. not really large lines of bowfolk. Maybe people in europe descended from vikings were ashamed of the raiding culture of the vikings? any thoughts. I can make a modern example. In the USA many white people speak of the earliest and early white european settlers as farmers who just happened to have muskets. Colonial Williamsburg erases all violent actions to indigenous people of the americas from european settlers and their descendents. It is shame. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UOfqXL3SM&lc=UgyFbqqi8q-Vw3Cy3sV4AaABAg&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi good one, but also add, the people telling them they were wrong, never tried to bow while running their fastest in a gauntlet with random targets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_UOfqXL3SM&lc=UgxIPp_NaiJSfa0eO294AaABAg.AMiV_GmzeTwAN7li5gdfT-&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi

Sonny Rollins born and raised in harlem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins St. Thomas Tenor Sax : Sonny Rollins Piano : Kenny Drew Bass : Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen Drums : Albert "Tootie" Heath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DTR0I7xhA Oleo with Miles Davis + Bags' Groove https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aflCJy8NY1c Doxy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWreJOSbIQQ Airegin https://youtu.be/v7PU7e6ZJe4?si=aM41zR-SbaQqwnvW Sony Rolins on being a jazz musician https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fnw9ddw6Lk 0:00 the life of a jazz musician is a 0:02 difficult life because you want to play 0:05 you want to be you want to get to the 0:08 inner spirit and sometimes you drink or 0:10 you use drugs or you smoke a lot you do 0:13 all these things to try to get this 0:16 Spirit out so uh a jazz musician it's 0:21 it's it's a difficult it's a difficult 0:24 existence and a lot of the great 0:27 people that I've known and that in 0:31 history they kind of overindulge and 0:34 they never sort of able to 0:38 balance their their musical life with 0:41 their personal 0:42 life 0:43 [Music] 0:45 um maybe it's NE maybe it's not 0:48 necessary to do that that's another 0:51 question I don't know but I'd like to 0:54 see young musicians coming up that don't 0:59 smoke and that don't drink to excess and 1:02 don't use drugs and don't sort of 1:05 debilitate themselves I think that's 1:10 where we should go I think that's what 1:13 guys should be doing I don't think you 1:15 have to drink and use drugs to play good 1:19 jazz but that's been the model for so 1:23 long that a lot of guys get uh caught up 1:27 in that you know Rollins is the only one alive who is an adult musician in this photo, fitting he is a Harlemite A Great Day In Harlem from Art Kane 1958 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_Day_in_Harlem Musicians in the photograph Red Allen Buster Bailey Count Basie Emmett Berry Art Blakey Lawrence Brown Scoville Browne Buck Clayton Bill Crump[17] Vic Dickenson Roy Eldridge Art Farmer Bud Freeman Dizzy Gillespie Tyree Glenn Benny Golson Sonny Greer Johnny Griffin Gigi Gryce Coleman Hawkins J. C. Heard Jay C. Higginbotham Milt Hinton Chubby Jackson Hilton Jefferson Osie Johnson Hank Jones Jo Jones Jimmy Jones Taft Jordan Max Kaminsky Gene Krupa Eddie Locke Marian McPartland Charles Mingus Miff Mole Thelonious Monk Gerry Mulligan Oscar Pettiford Rudy Powell Luckey Roberts Sonny Rollins Jimmy Rushing Pee Wee Russell Sahib Shihab Horace Silver Zutty Singleton Stuff Smith Rex Stewart Maxine Sullivan Joe Thomas Wilbur Ware Dicky Wells George Wettling Ernie Wilkins Mary Lou Williams Lester Young Interactive http://www.seewah.com/a-great-day-in-harlem/

My Review of Invisible Raptor Invisible Raptor 2023 directed by Mikey Hermosa and written by Mike Capes and Johnny Wickham sets the tone for any viewer with its opening scene. That tone is one of fun. Any ticket holder or streamer who demands a science fiction film with a serious tone from beginning to end, ala sphere 1998, or a comedic film with high budget special effects, ala hitchikers guide to the galaxy 2005, will be upset. But if a viewer is content for a fun science fiction comedy with a tight story and unashamed while functional ensemble cast, ala Tremors 1990 or Sharknado 2013, this will be one they visibly giggle and laugh with. The ensemble cast all delivers what is needed. David Shackleford's Denny binds the majority of the film. He is sometimes a hero you cheer for, sometimes a clown you laugh at, sometimes a fool you chastise, sometimes a wildman needing imprisonment, but his heart is always in a positive place. The appearances of most in the cast, are short but purposeful, not mere cameos to say they wanted to be in the movie. JJ Nolan,Luke Speakman , Richard Riehle, Larry Hankin, Vanessa Chester,Dave Theune,Bunny Levine, and others all serve a function as a person in the town we need to know about to defeat the raptor or someone we need to see the raptor kill on its path of town domination. Sean Astin character is the Scheherazade, framing the film. Sandy Martin takes over the last act with heroic hilarity to be remembered. Capes and Caitlin McHugh have hard jobs playing the straight characters who also fill all the tropes that warrant audiences amusement, but they succeed. Couples may be frustrated at their teasing at times. Ciolca's score is appropriate. Supports small changes in tone while allows the sound of the environments to do their work. He didn't hear that unique theme that one remembers, but it wasn't needed. Koss keeps the camera level, the images crisp, and allows the unrealness of night light. Too many films today, from all ranges of budget like to make dark scenes really hard to see and that is uncomfortable. I am glad he didn't. Grady Holder, Dorian Cleavenger and the effects squad, had a challenge with the invisible raptor but they made it work. I can only recall one time the beast didn't convince me of its danger in that accidental serial killer sort of way. Now I admit, I personally prefer a more serious tone in general. Yes, I am one of those who will choose to watch Solaris 1972 over Battle Beyond The Stars 1980. But, I don't demand it. Battle Beyond The Stars is fun and the Invisible Raptor is equal to the task with a smaller budget and a smart premise and a professional cast. There is no shame in wanting to see a film to get you to laugh and relax. https://discord.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967/1418943622107365406 https://discord.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967/1418943658560065578 https://discord.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967/1418943671293710466 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22090684/ ALL REVIEWS https://discord.com/channels/1238281346833715283/1418802814582521967

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I saw a post about a white person named Pasterski and it was an ugly lie about the role of money with merit in modern humanity MY COMPLETE THOUGHT Marty Steinberg your assertion is correct, but I want to go deeper, the original post doesn't mention money at all. Why? The post is suggesting something very ugly, and untrue, that a simple penniless homeless child in nyc, hungry most of the year, if they simply, focus on engineering and physics and have determination will be able to have a plane right on the sidewalk. I don't know where they will get the metal from or the ability to mold the metal, or the rubber , or the glass or any of the tools to cut and mold any of these things, let alone the paper needed to make a draft cause they are Explicitve homeless and on the expletive street they can't have a computer because they are on the street, and a child needs to be in a warm loving home first... I have been fortunate to have parents as a child who not only believed in me but were able to support me. But I am not going to suggest to anyone that mere belief is enough. that is a lie. And I find it sad that so many people in the usa love to chime this belief bullshit. Money is crucial. Her father since the original post didn't want to say it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Gonzalez_Pasterski is an attorney + electrical engineer. I wasn't able to find out his law firm or the firm he engineered for but it seems he lives at Oxford Ave, Chicago Ridge, IL 60415 and that is in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worth_Township,_Cook_County,_Illinois Not homeless, not penniless. MY COMMENT IN THE REFERRAL Marty Steinberg your assertion is correct, but I want to go deeper, the original post doesn't mention money at all. Why? why is money not warranting any mention at all in this post? no justification exist to not mention money. Cause don't tell me that the homeless children I have seen in NYC who are hungry and sleep outside can simply mirror sabrina pasterski by picking up a book they don't even have or can afford or should choose over something to eat. THE POST CONTENT Pasterski’s interest in engineering and physics emerged early, demonstrated by her decision to construct a working airplane while still in her teens. The project required not only technical knowledge but also persistence and discipline, qualities that would characterize her later academic career. Flying the plane she had built herself at 16 made her the youngest American to achieve such a milestone, gaining early recognition for her abilities. Her academic journey was equally remarkable. At MIT, Pasterski pursued physics, completing her degree in three years with the institution’s highest possible GPA. Her work there reflected a focus on theoretical physics and quantum field theory, subjects that would guide her into advanced research. After MIT, she entered Harvard University for doctoral studies, specializing in high-energy physics. Her research focused on topics such as black holes, particle physics, and fundamental symmetries of the universe. This field demands mastery of advanced mathematics and theoretical models, underscoring the depth of her academic contributions. Pasterski’s trajectory from teenage aircraft builder to physicist illustrates how early technical curiosity can lead to advanced scientific achievements. Her path highlights the interconnectedness of engineering skill, intellectual discipline, and scientific research in shaping careers that push the boundaries of knowledge.

I have been there Stallone, I rarely write fantasy , with enough fantasy https://youtu.be/KONu5mxxPZA?t=3498 56:53 and it kills me because that's why I like up endings because life usually doesn't end that way so why do you have 56:59 to go out and spend money and see it and feel bad because I feel bad enough walking in here I don't need you to make 57:05 it worse that's my simple philosophy it doesn't exactly go along with true art 57:11 but I never said I was going to make true art yeah and it's ironic that with that period of not working and being in 57:18 the you know the movie theater for so many hours you came back by writing Rocky baloa right which was basically 57:24 the thing that started you in the first place so you went back to the first thing that you got you to the top and 57:30 when you're at the bottom again you brought Rocky back into the picture and you said it was your most proud work by 57:36 far because uh nobody wanted to do it I I felt so worthless and I was so embarrassed to be 57:44 your father tell you the truth because you didn't even know what I did basically for a living we saw your Spy 57:51 Kids Toy Maker what does my father do for a living just wanders around looking 57:57 depressed and I realized you you people that you thought were your friends and 58:04 not your friends when the good times go away that's when you find out your 58:10 family is so important cuz I'm telling you the ship sailed on me it was pretty 58:15 bad it was pretty bad but I took all that in and I thought you 58:21 know if this is if I'm done and I thought I was it was definitely done phone wasn't ringing it was done and I 58:28 was so embarrassed because people did not understand Rocky 5 Rocky five was 58:34 about one of the more real situations that you're so desperate to not be a 58:42 failure for your family that Rocky basically gave up his family because he wanted to get Glory again even if it was 58:49 through another man that he for you know his son he gave up wife he was this and 58:56 that and I wasn't I was not smart enough to realize that's not what people wanted 59:02 to see because that's what happens right you know that's a little too real right 59:10 and I said if I can just go back and do one more because I never thought I'd 59:15 ever do another movie again but in my fantasy I want to do Rocky B Bo which is 59:21 about loss about grief which is is the hardest thing in the world to live with 59:26 girls I swear to you oh [ __ ] it it's it's 59:38 hard I think anyway yeah I don't know why all of a sudden get traumatic like 59:44 that you know some [ __ ] just comes up and you I said how can I write a story 59:51 that I portray that kind of sad you know what I mean and but in the end it's you 59:58 purge yourself of it and that's what Rocky Balo is about he loses his wife he loses everything and people have they 1:00:06 you know they they that's what they experience but in the end he purges himself with what he says I want to get 1:00:13 rid of this old pain and put in some new pain I don't want that those memories 1:00:18 anymore and it worked it really worked well and uh that's my proudest moment 1:00:24 because nobody wanted to do it and they actually said you're done Ro's done I'm going 1:00:31 these are people that represented me that were like I paid lots of money to 1:00:38 and I went wow you really are yeah on your own and I want your girls to know that your best friend has got to be you 1:00:47 I'm serious it's great to have best friends and parents or whatever but you then I got and I did that thing I told 1:00:53 you about in the mirror and I sh you come back you fight you get off your knees you stop feeling sorry for 1:00:59 yourself and you write the best words you've ever written and I think it is by 1:01:04 far Rocky one I think has the element of surprise but Rocky 6 is the best I I I I Full Video First Interview https://youtu.be/666OF8M-cJQ?si=J-i7bY34P8jhzp-a Second Interview https://youtu.be/KONu5mxxPZA?si=WP6z3915mjHgerOg

King of Fantasy weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvcCIDJj-NQ my comment Are you going to do a king of fantasy bows? What about King of Fantasy Bos? I imagine Monkey Kings Bo that can extend is the winner. What about King of Fantasy Chakrams? I imagine Xena's wins, though her Chakram that can split into two "brass knucle" esque I thought was the coolest chakram she had. What about King of Fantasy spears? What about king of fantasy armor, split between chain mail and plate? In Amendment Why Aragon fights like that? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcjohYgAQQw The Lord of the Rings SWORD you've Probably NEVER Seen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO0zmB9ai1Y restricting weapons will not deny opportunity to get dangerous weapons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgtX4NgU8OA my comment I am glad you guys mentioned that a piece of thick wood is dangerous, for some reason people don't realize a metal pipe or a thick piece of rectangular wood can kill someone. Can you imagine a piece of wood , like a baseball or cricket bat with nails driven in, then it becomes like the Macuahuitl . and thanks for still finding the time in comparisons to give weapons history. comment referral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgtX4NgU8OA&lc=UgwFW7xGXWtTmzHmsel4AaABAg&pp=0gcJCSMANpG00pGi TOPIC: double blade sword https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1xk04EoUE0 my comment Tyranth said what if the double blade was curved, i hope you try that one day. But what about a double bladed knife or even really short sword, where the distance between blades was really small.It wouldn't be needed to kill anyone but since a knife is for cutting, thrusting, not necessarily blade on blade action or getting through armor, maybe the multiblades add an extra level of danger. comment referral https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1xk04EoUE0&lc=UgylOfRTFzHg2F0fcGZ4AaABAg

Captian Marvel truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyMYj9R8YDY my comment You could had excerpted the "They Live" sunglasses realization scene:) What can MArvel do to get the people who are angry about the lack, and it is a lack of female characters? Or is the answer the Xmen female characters are coming? What are your thoughts on Sylvie from the Loki show? I oppose your position on the people behind the scenes. Did Chris Claremont have passion for Ms. Marvel when he was writing her? she wasn't Wonder Woman from an age perspective or media clout. I think writers simply failed, and that is ok. Writers have the right to fail. I think the writers (most of whom are women) for she hulk/ms marvel/Wonder woman in film or streaming in the last ten years, or similar female comic book characters, simply failed. to your question, are we, we meaning a "united humanity" or comic book fandom, going to avoid tokenism? What is the parallel to tokenism? It is admitting + embracing a majority. tokenism in media is when a character has an aspect rarely viewed in a certain way. Black Lightning for example. The first character described as black in a non black owned comic [black owned comic books had black headliner characters pre milestone] book firm to headline a comic. That is tokenism. What is the parallel? DC comics admitting to the growing number of potential black comic book buyers they simply don't have a black comic book headliner and will not. There are going to be women who say they want more female superheroes, to be as various as the male superheroes, and various not just in success but failure. DC+ Marvel can simply say, we don't have the female headliner characters for that. IN AMENDMENT Her words in the video show the problem. The producers, people with the money, are giving their money to people who can convince them of market trends. Black panther could had been made in the 1960s / without question 1970s but it was till now because the statistics show the average wealth and purchasing power of blacks in the movie going market alongside their viewing habits warrants a black panther. The studios thought women would go all in for women, especially after DC , to be blunt, botched wonder woman. Linda Carter is only a few years difference from Christopher Reeves and Wonder Woman unlike superman had a 1970s hit show. Superman one was made in the late 1970s. So, DC was able to make the superman movies with christopher reeves, make a supergirl movie, make the batman movies with keaton though never gave adam west's batman anything , and Linda Carter with a successful wonder woman show before the first superman movie with christopher reeves, who she is extremely near in age too, was given nothing. So, Marvel felt women moviegoers wanted superheroes. Captain MArvel made over a billion dollars from a 175 million dollar budge. The Green Lantern movie made 200 million , it broke even. No one hates green lantern for that really bad film. Was the writing the best? no. but, male superhero films that were poor and I argue far worse than Captain Marvel movie didn't lead to their characters being hated or the actors in the roles being deemed unpleasant. So to avoid tokenism, I think an admittance of bias [both positive or negative] + truth have to occur. Marvel + DC were started at a time where negative biases existed which meant most superhero comics are males, it is that simple. So today, making movies on popular characters will be mostly male characters. Milestone comics whom I love more than DC or Marvel, never had a female character be the headliner of a comic. So, I think comic book firms just have to be honest and say, we don't have too many female characters that we can headline for movies. Cause the reality is, the modern audience is popularity driven. yeah, Kpop demon hunters, but here is the problem using them as a yardstick. They never went to theaters. they were in the netflix ecosystem only, which has a particular membership demographic. Millions of people , though it may shock folks, do not have netflix. Now you can argue, Marvel + DC need to learn from Netflix and work through their streaming services, which all the companies want to do or are trying to do I think, but that is a whole other argument, because streaming services don't have to deal with the customer base of movie theaters. I think the industrial change is coming where firms will work through their streaming services and then when things click take them to streaming and sell blue ray and all of that. Which will allow for affordable testing to occur. IN AMENDMENT 2 The rape of ms marvel from carol strickland https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/ms-marvel/ FULL TEXT So I was reading this issue of Avengers, #200 to be precise. Ms. Marvel had suddenly become pregnant — how she didn’t know — and the pregnancy had lasted only three days, but apparently this was full-term. In issue #200 we had the grand birth and the revelation of Marcus (the grown baby-no-more) who said he’d wooed Ms. Marvel and won her over and impregnated her with him and la-de-da, wasn’t it romantic. All the Avengers said, “Ah!” and Ms. Marvel left with Marcus to a happily-ever-after ending. But I didn’t get it. Here Ms. Marvel had been kidnapped, held for “weeks,” according to the narrative provided by Marcus himself, and not been won over even though Marcus had done the A-B-C of stereotypical male-mindset romance: given her nice clothes, serenaded her with history’s best musicians. Why, I bet he even gave her candy and flowers. At no time is love or respect — not even “like” — mentioned. But apparently she hadn’t been won over because he says, “with a boost from Immortus’ [mind] machines” (which he had access to), Ms. Marvel finally became his (and we may think of this being the truly possessive use of the word). At which point he impregnated her using non-technical techniques without her knowledge of what he was truly doing. Okay, class, anyone see anything wrong with this? Apparently the guy wanted foreplay before he raped her. I don’t know why he couldn’t have artificially impregnated her if he just had to use her body. Maybe in some sick way he thought he was in love with Ms. M. But the point is, it was rape and obvious rape at that. The writer had to go an extra, knowing step to add that line about mind control. If he’d just left that off, it would have merely been a fanboy romance, where the blonde and buxom heroine is swept off her feet by flowers and candy (no need for romance or love), and readily agrees to anything and everything the hero (or fanboy in clever disguise) wants. But time went by and NO ONE said anything about the rape! Not one word besides how some readers were so happy that Ms. M had finally found a good man. I wanted to barf. Granted, I don’t presently condone the very vehement tone of the article — really, I don’t know how many Cokes I’d had before writing this, but I bet you money I’d been reading a lot of feminist literature that had me all fired up — but besides the tone I have to agree still with my sentiments of that January in 1980 within the pages of LoC #1… The Rape of Ms. Marvel by Carol A. Strickland Am I just overly sensitive, or what? I know that I have a tendency to shoot my mouth off about the role of women in comics, but shouldn’t everyone be concerned when a comic displays a struttingly macho, misogynist storyline that shreds the female image apart with a smirk — and rewards the one who did the shredding? I should think that such a story would create an uproar in fandom — but where is there even a whisper of discontent? I realize that females are only a small part of comics readers and fandom, but it should not just be the women who raise the roof over such a story. It should be everyone. Isn’t everyone entitled to respect as a human being? Shouldn’t they be against somthing that so self-consciously seeks to destroy that respect and degrade women in general by destroying the symbol of womankind? Could it be that the great masses of fandom actually approved of a travesty like Avengers#200: “The Child is Father To…”? In that issue, an all-male Marvel staff, presided by Jim Shooter and watched by the Comics Code, slaughtered Marvel’s symbol of modern women, Ms. Marvel. They presented her as a victim of rape who enjoyed the process, and even wound up swooning over her rapist and joining him of her “free” will. Such a storyline might have fit into the 1950s, when people actually believed such a thing was possible — I mean, they thought that women invited and enjoyed rape back then — but to present such a storyline today shows a collection of medieval minds at work. Or at vicious play. For such a storyline to pass throug the echelons of editor, editor-in-chief, and Comics Code can only be a crime. For those not familiar with Ms. Marvel, or only familiar with her from her unsatisfying stint with the Avengers, let me explain who she is relative to circumstance and character: Most people know, if they don’t truly understand, that women have been stomped on by the comics industry ever since there were comics. From the sniveling Lois Lane of Action#1 right through today’s so-called “liberated” heroines (you can tell who they are by their low-cut or see-through costumes and stolen dialogue from the outdated Feminine Mystique), the male-dominated comics industry has gone out of its way to preserve the macho male and weak (or vicious) female image, ensuring the small percentage of females in their reading audience. You’d think that in the comics of the 1980s there would be zillions of characters who were themselves first, women second, and adventurers always. But look closer; where are they? Wonder Woman is a preaching man-hater with a memory that has more holes in it than her lover has lives, if that’s possible. She is a symbol of modern womanhood, supposedly, and that makes her an interesting character. Now think — name a male comics character who is a symbol of manhood: there is none! That’s because a male comics writer realizes that a symbol cannot be of real interest to a reader. But becauase women are all aliens from another planet, it’s all right to make them symbols, especialy if they are misshapen cliches drawn from maligners of the women’s movement, the people who designate females who want to be themselves as “bra-burners,” an archaic and never-correct term. Black Canary is less than a shadow of her man, the ultra-macho Green Arrow. The Invisible “Girl” whimpers and complains from the nearest corner while her menfolk do the fighting. The Wasp dreams of new costumes and new hunks to pester. Supergirl cries over a broken date. These are the stalwarts of comicdom’s females. The truly liberated women, those Tigras and Elasti-Girls and Black Widows, are resigned to limbo or just prolonged neglect. As of this moment in the comics industry, only Chris Claremont is portraying a modern woman — and he manages to do it with every one of them entrusted to his care. People may not agree with all that he is doing, but they must agree that he is lightyears beyond the other writers (even Jo Duffy, who is next in line to him), and that is a very sad picture of comics. This is the Nineteen-Eighties, folks. But who would believe it, to look at the state of comics? Back in ’72 Marvel had created a trio of books designed to hook the female audience: the insipid Night Nurse, the violent and poorly-written Shanna the She-Devil, and the interesting Claws of the Cat, written by Linda Fite and drawn (in its first issue) by Marie Severin and Wally Wood. The Cat was a fascinating character, even if she was a bit heavy-handed in places. But like many a TV series, the book was given only a few shots to make it. Cat #4 was the last issue. The concept was later reincarnated as the vapid Hellcat, whose costume-derived powers were never explained. The original Cat’s powers came from scientific treatment and training, but the Hellcat merely put on her emblemless costume to be super. I suppose women can’t really be expected to train at anything, but must rely on chance to give them the skills they need to make it in the real world. In 1974 the Cat was revamped in a different fashion: she was mutated into a horror-genre Cat creature named Tigra. When given a solo shot in Marvel Chillers a year later, she surprised everyone by becoming a stylish, snappy-pattered heroine whose future could have been bright. But she was bogged down in a five-issue continued story, and if anything will lose a reader’s interest faster than a multiple-issue tryout story, I don’t know what it is. Tigra and the Cat-People have been forgotten by Marvel except in two team-up stories since then. Surely such a sparkling, weird hero should be popular in today’s menagerie of sought-after non-humans like the X-Men, Hulk, et al. 1976. Marvel decided to try to cash in on the “liberation craze” yet again with a new spin-off from the popular Captain Marvel to be called Ms. Marvel. She would, like the Cat, be a symbol of the liberated woman. They plastered the words “This Female Fights Back!” on the cover and bared a lovely blonde woman’s navel — thus began Ms. Marvel. For the same number of beginning issues, both the Cat and Tigra had Ms. M beat hands down. But for some reason Ms. Marvel stuck with it. There was a shuffle of writers; Chris Claremont admits that he didn’t give Ms. Marvel his entire attention at first. Thus it was that Marvel’s own origin remained a jumbled mess until almost her twentieth isuse. Once Mr. Claremont settled into his job, though, Ms. Marvel began to do things. Things few, if any, women characters (or men, for that matter!) had done before. While her first adventures had been composed of the obligatory fight scenes upon more fight scenes, now her stories began to have plots, now her life as a hero was being tied into her life as a civilian. By the time Carol covered her navel in a Cockrumized costume, the comic had hit new heights of interest in plotline and artwork. Notice I didn’t add “for a heroine” there. That’s because Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum were both looking at Ms. Marvel as a person — a beautiful, female person, yes, but a super-hero above all! There is only one drawback to this duo of issues: that existing artwork was changed from showing Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel’s alter-ego) in sensible desert-exploring wear to having her in a midriff-exposing blouse. The Word was to make her more sexy, attract more male readers not so they’d get hooked on Ms. Marvel’s electric characterization, but so the comic could become a Code-approved girlie mag. Ms. Marvel was mature, powerful, intense and sure of herself. And two issues later she was cancelled. Now she started to pal around with the Avengers as a fighting companion, and later, as a replacement for the Scarlet Witch. Under the writing of Jim Shooter, Ms. Marvel suddenly developed a pushy, intimidating quirk to her nature. Mr. Shooter, whose portrayal of females has not changed one iota since his writing as a fourteen-year-old in the mid-1960s, has a Gerry Conway-ish quality to his work. No, no, Mr. Conway is not the only or worst writer to do this; he is simply the most consistent, when it comes to portraying any female who does not cower in the corner or behind her man when things get rough, to categorize her as 1) pushy — and usually hypocritical, 2) over-sexed, and/or 3) a castrating manhater. Ms. Marvel was granted the character trait of oversexed pushiness as she proclaimed Wonder Man a “hunk” and that she’d really like to get to know him better — heh, heh. With Shooter giving up the writer’s role in order to edit The Avengers, David Michelinie stepped in and Ms. Marvel became one of the super-gang; a normal super-hero, although one to stop action with an “important” message about liberation. Many writers do this for some reason. I suppose they don’t realize that example has always been a better teacher than preaching. Most comics females today do a lot of preaching. This is why most female characters today are uninteresting and frail. With a landmark issue coming, big number 200, staff wondered: what to do for the occasion? It was decided that Ms. Marvel would have a baby. Michelinie said that it would be the Supreme Intelligence’s kid, since the Supremor has always wanted a Kree-Terran hybrid. This would natually lead to an intriguing adventure, a climax to the years of scheming through countless comics for the Supremor, and a probable end to the Supremor himself, once Ms. Marvel beat him up for what he did to her — and her child. Ah — but Jim Shooter said no! What If #20: “What if the Avengers Fought the Kree-Skull War without Rick Jones?” had ended its tale with the imaginary/parallel world Supremor merging his intelligence with the inert form of Mr. Jones to become himself his precious hybrid. Jim Shooter, editor-in-chief of the Marvel Multiverse, proclaimed that the story would be too much alike and too soon after the What If? story. He didn’t bother to look at the many times in which the Supremor’s plans have infiltrated a half-dozen titles within as many months in years past, with no complaint from readers. Instead Mr. Shooter came up with a wonderful plan of his own for Ms. Marvel’s anticipated Happy Event. He would make magic number 200 a landmark in bad taste. He would portray a rape that would be applauded and rewarded by all who had news of it. To my way of thinking, this shows questionable judgment on Mr. Shooter’s part. But let the finished product help you decide. For those of you who either missed it or chose to forget it as quickly as possible, the plot went something like this: Ms. Marvel is three days pregnant at the start of the the issue, and is about to give birth to a full-term baby. For some reason the Avengers do not call in an obstetrician, but leave their most powerful member in the unspecialized hands of mentor Tony Stark’s good buddy, Dr. Don Blake. I suppose Blake won’t bill them the way an obstetrician would. In a male-fairytale version of birth, Ms. Marvel delivers in a non-birthing sort of way (I don’t understand it either. Let’s look at the physical processes involved–!) There is no pain, no labor, no logic… All the while Ms. Marvel is exposed to the other Avengers without shred number one of privacy during the non-birth birth. Varying scenes show us that the story is well-written. It is merely the plot that is the blot of blots on this work. The Wasp, not knowing that the baby’s father is unknown even to Ms. Marvel, congratulates her on the delivery and baby. We see its mother: exhuasted, humiliated: “I’ve been used!” she snarls. “That isn’t my baby!” Later she refers to it as “that thing.” There is no trace of maternal instinct that any other conventional heroine would have been oozing, even at such an inauspicious time. It is a scene well done. Yet compare the concept of this, the rejecting, angry, raped mother with the final image of Ms. Marvel. The change is heinous. It and the plotline spoil everything in their wake. The story goes on: the child, a boy who names himself Marcus, develops at an ever-increasing rate, passing quickly through childhood to become a young adult. He explains his origin, starting with his real father, a man Ms. Marvel never coupled with: Immortus. The mere use of such a character is controvertible in itself, for in well-known previous Avengers plotlines, Immortus killed Kang, his earlier self. Mark Gruenwald has explained that the Immortus who killed Kang was clearly a parallel Immortus, for if Kang were killed, there would be no Immortus around to kill him. Yet Marcus (and an editorial note) clearly remembers his father as the Immortus who killed off his earlier self. I’ll pass the Bayer as I continue… Anyway, before this Immortus-who-could-not-have-existed popped into existence, he had become anxious for a “mate.” Not a lover, not a wife, just a “mate” from good old Terra. Knowing that mortals can’t exist in his home of Limbo, he created a sort-of semi-Limbo, rescued a victim of a Terran sea disaster — a woman who could be Carol Danvers’ twin — and, in Marcus’ words, “through a combination of gratitude and the subtle manipulation of my father’s ingenious machines, the woman fell in love with him.” Subtle manipulations. Equals brainwashing. Equals brain control. Immortus couldn’t get this unnamed woman into bed with him, so he changed her personality and took her against her will. Equals rape. It seems mortals can’t spend too much time in semi-Limbo, although Marcus has been there all his life. His unnamed mother vanished when he was a boy to go to her death in the real world. Marcus was left with only his father, a wonderful role model, being a rapist and such. Daddy vanished (when he killed himself off a few millenia before), and Marcus was left alone. Not particularly liking semi-Limbo, he decided to go to Earth. He concocted a scheme by which he could be unnaturally born on Earth, speeded up in growth, and thus be able to prevent the destruction his presence in normal space would eventually create. He coldly chose the mother of the thing that would be himself: “The powerful combination of Kree and human strengths, would be the perfect vessel,” he decided, and chose the perfect double of the only human woman he had ever known and loved: his unnamed mother. Of course, his old-fashioned father and mother taught him you can’t reach a woman on a level as a human being; he couldn’t explain his plight and let her decide if she wanted to go through with his crazy idea or not; he wouldn’t even consider that she might have a better idea for getting him to Earth. Instead he went about wooing her: poetry, clothes and music he furnished, thinking that those are the only things women are interested in. When Ms. Marvel didn’t respond, as he explains to her in the present, “…Finally, after relative weeks of such efforts — and admittedly, with a subtle boost from Immortus’ machines — you became mine.” This is not hidden between the lines. Little kids can read the obvious fact: he raped Ms. Marvel. The artwork goes to great lengths — two close-up panels — to show Ms. Marvel’s ecstacy during the pseudo-mating. Ah ha. Another lesson to be learned from comics. It’s okay to rape. Women enjoy rape. Immediately after implanting himself in some sort of pseudo-scientific fashion into Ms. Marvel’s womb, machinery teleported her to her jet, seconds after the time she had been abducted by Marcus. The machinery also wiped out her recent memory — better to leave these females ignorant, right? Marcus couldn’t care less about the feelings of a woman who suddenly found herself pregnant — and giving birth — for no apparent reason. This is not Marcus’ fault. He is ignorant of human feelings, being brought up by the equally unfeeling Immortus. The explanation of Ms. Marvel’s rape is made to Carol, Thor, Iron Man and Hawkeye. It is obvious that Immortus’ machines have renewed their effect upon Ms. Marvel. Remember the angry rape victim at the beginning of the story? Now with a glisten in her eye and sob in her heart, she tenderly strokes the rapist’s cheek and tells him that she will return with him to his home. She even adopts his Oedipal way of speaking. Of all the times Marcus refers to her directly, it is as “Carol” three times, “my love” once, and “mother” three times. From Marcus being “that thing,” he is now “my child” to Carol. And she’s going home to play a different kind of house with him. Aren’t the kids eating this up?! One should think that the other Avengers who have heard this story and see Ms. Marvel’s sudden reversal in attitude toward Marcus would stop her from going back, knock some sense into her… anything. But look at this carefully-chosen audience: Hawkeye — Marvel’s answer to the neanderthal Green Arrow, a psychological sickie (catch his last act with Death Bird). He probably gets a kick out of Ms. Marvel’s Getting Her Due. Iron Man — aka “playboy” Tony Stark. In keeping with his public image, Tony chooses to avoid the implications of this event. And Thor — if anyone can match Jim Shooter’s medieval thinking, it is he. The story ends with Ms. Marvel and Marcus teleporting to semi-Limbo. Iron Man begins to have second thoughts: “We’ve just got to believe that everything worked out for the best,” he temporizes. He isn’t convinced, but he won’t make a scene. Mr. Macho, Hawkeye, turns sloppy John Wayne sentimental: “That’s all we can do,” he says. “Believe… and hope that Ms. Marvel lives happily ever after.” It is a fitting end to this male fantasy. A desirable woman/mother figure is raped and then chooses to be the lover of her rapist/son. Raping is manly. Women love to be raped. Perversion is wonderful for kids and other people of taste to read. The story would be almost laughable if it weren’t written in such earnest. Someone really believes this tripe, maybe. Or someone just wants to have some fun. May I ask a stupid question? Where is the Comics Code during all this? There’s their stamp on the cover, covering the “S” in AVENGERS — but where are they? This dirty joke that someone at Marvel dreamed up is all out in the open — not a bit of it is between the lines to be hidden from the innocents who make up such a large proportion of the audience. And the entire plot is a deadly insult to every woman. The bottom line to Avengers #200 is blatant irresponsibility, with every nuance of immaturity that that word provides. “Misogynist” is also a very applicable word. But instead of either, we’ll probably see the words “collector’s item: rape issue” next to the number 200 in the Avengers column in next year’s Price Guide, with an inflated price to match it. If it takes a second round of witch hunts to rid four-color standard comics of trash like this — count me in! The Aftermath Okay, we can all agree that the issue depicted rape, and that it was deliberately thrown in, probably to get back at a “liberated” woman. And that there was no negative reaction to it except, seemingly, mine. I never saw the next issue of LoC, but it seems to me that someone did loan me issue #3, and I remember reading reactions to my article that, summed up, told me that I needed to get laid to get my head on straight. So I continued to think that I was the only one who had recognized this as rape, had recognized the fact that rape is a bad thing, and that Marvel was the personification of the Anti-Christ. Well, that they needed to improve, let’s put it that way. And then came Avengers Annual #10, 1981, written by Chris Claremont. In the story, Spider-Woman rescues Carol Danvers, who has been mind-wiped by Rogue (this was back in the days when Rogue was a middle-aged hick maniac instead of a sweet young Southern waif). The X-Men get called in (it was an Annual, after all) and Carol winds up recuperating at Professor Xavier’s, where the Avengers pay her a visit. To my extremely pleasant surprise, Carol berates them for leaving her in the lurch. Although the word “rape” is never used, the story did concentrate on that “subtle boost from Immortus’ machines” line to heavily imply it. It actually seems to sink in to some of the Avengers’ minds that rape might not be good. That a woman might be injured in many ways by it. It was great to know that others had seen Ms. Marvel’s plight and had apparently been as pissed off as I had about it. Then one day in a fit of X-Men frenzy, I bought and actually read The X-Men Companion II (of course I had volume 1 as well), copyright Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 1982, and dropped the book in shock when I got to page 23 of the Chris Claremont interview. He’s talking about the portrayal of women in comics: Avengers #199, where Carol Danvers is introduced to the Avengers, and they’re told that in two days she has become eight months pregnant by an unknown father, or by force of persons unknown, and the reaction of the entire crowd, men and women both, is to the effect of: “Can I babysit?” “Can we knit booties?” “Can I make cookies for the baby?” “Oh you must be so happy?” and my reaction was, “What an insensitive crowd of boors.” Actually, my reaction was a lot stronger than that. But how callous! How cruel! How unfeeling! Considering that these people must have seen Ms. Marvel only a couple of days before, or even a couple of months before. She wasn’t pregnant then. How could she be eight months pregnant now? Now, if that had been the point David [Michelinie] was trying to make, that these other Avengers are callous boors, okay then, I may disagree with the point, but if he followed through on it, it would have made sense. But it seemed to me, looking at the story, looking at the following story, that he was going for: “This is how you respond to a pregnancy.” As Carol [Strickland] pointed out in her article in LOC [#1], women tend to get very short shrift in comics. They are either portrayed as wallflowers or as supermacho insensitive men with different body forms, who almost invariably feel guilty about their lack of femininity. And it’s always seemed to me that, why does this have to be exclusive? Can you not have a woman who is ruthless and capable and courageous and articulate and intelligent and all the other buzz-words – heroic when the need arises, and yet feminine and gentle and compassionate, at others? That was what I tried to do with Ms. Marvel. I tried to create a character who had all the attributes that made her a top-secret agent yet at the same time was a compassionate, warm, humorous, witty, intelligent, attractive woman. Of course, Star Trek: The Next Generation did a story where they Ms. Marveled Deanna Troi, giving her an instant pregnancy. But this time the entity that did it wasn’t human, didn’t know anything about humans, and so it was forgiveable, although she seemed entirely too calm, too accepting of the whole ordeal to me. But then I never really did understand Troi much anyway. She was so wishy-washy until the very final seasons. (Oh, how I wished she could be more like her mother!) And of course, DC Comics had its own liberated female super-heroine, the equivalent of Ms. Marvel: Power Girl. So what did they do? Impregnated her without her knowing who the father was. Oh, they left off the rape bit (though it was entirely involuntary on her part) but they added incest – weren’t they cute? You win some, you lose some. But most of the time you just hope that some people will grow up. Apparently some comics writers still don’t know (1) that women are human and (2) which century we’re living in.

Ask Eddie August 28th 2025 LINK https://www.tumblr.com/communities/filmnoirpigeons/post/793249785900630016/in-case-you-missed-it-last-night-on-facebookfnf VIDEO https://www.tumblr.com/filmnoirfoundation/793249397131657216/in-case-you-missed-it-last-night-on-facebookfnf MY COMMENT Vincent + IDa Lupino in suspense Fletcher - sorry wrong number https://archive.org/details/440601 the suspense project https://archive.org/details/the-suspense-project Good comment on royalty checks Censor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censor_(2021_film) Night and the City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_and_the_City https://archive.org/details/nightandthecity1950?msockid=4d8768708c5211f0b9d67b73563c63d2 IN AMENDMENT This Lucille Fletcher script is beloved by many Suspense fans for many reasons. A widowed musician, played by Vincent Price befriends a woman, played by Ida Lupino. They are romantically attracted to each other by their mutual love of music.

I repeat, Bernie Sanders is a fiscal capitalistic opportunist... who masquerades as a socialist or green or some extreme devout liberal when he functionally appears as a chaos agent no other than SChrumpft in effectiveness. from PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/nobody-likes-him-hillary-clinton-says-of-presidential-candidate-bernie-sanders WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton says “nobody likes” her former presidential rival Bernie Sanders, even as the Vermont senator remains entrenched among the front-runners in the Democratic race, with the Iowa caucus beginning in less than two weeks. In an interview with “The Hollywood Reporter” published Tuesday, Clinton was asked about a comment she makes in an upcoming documentary where she says Sanders was “in Congress for years” but, “Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done.” Clinton replied that the criticism still holds and refused to say she’d endorse him this cycle if he wins the party’s nomination, adding: “It’s not only him, it’s the culture around him. It’s his leadership team. It’s his prominent supporters.” Sanders’ campaign said Tuesday it didn’t have a comment about Clinton’s remarks. Her comments may ultimately energize Sanders loyalists who believed the Democratic establishment rigged the 2016 primary in her favor. That could be especially helpful with this cycle’s Iowa caucuses looming on Feb. 3. Many polls show Sanders among the leaders with former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. But Clinton also blamed Sanders’ supporters for fostering a culture of sexism in politics — a charge that is especially sensitive now, given that Sanders’ top progressive rival in the 2020 race, Warren, has accused him of suggesting a woman couldn’t win the White House during a private meeting between the two in 2018. Sanders has denied that, but Warren refused to shake his outstretched hand after a debate last week in Iowa and both candidates accused the other of calling them “a liar.” Warren has steadfastly denied to comment further, but the 78-year-old Sanders said Sunday that while sexism was a problem for candidates, so were other factors, like advanced age — touching off another online firestorm. In the interview, Clinton attacked a cadre of online Sanders supporters known generally as the “Bernie Bros,” many of whom were sharply critical of Clinton’s 2016 campaign for their “relentless attacks on lots of his competitors, particularly the women. And I really hope people are paying attention to that because it should be worrisome that he has permitted this culture.” Clinton further suggested that Sanders was “very much supporting it” and said, “I don’t think we want to go down that road again where you campaign by insult and attack and maybe you try to get some distance from it, but you either don’t know what your campaign and supporters are doing or you’re just giving them a wink.” “I think that that’s a pattern that people should take into account when they make their decisions,” Clinton said. His feud with Warren has overshadowed a series of clashes between Sanders and another 2020 rival, Biden, for an op-ed penned by one of the senator’s supporters suggesting that the former vice president was corrupt. “It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way. And I’m sorry that that op-ed appeared,” Sanders told CBS. The op-ed, published in “The Guardian” newspaper by Fordham University law professor Zephyr Teachout, claims Biden “has perfected the art of taking big contributions, then representing his corporate donors at the cost of middle- and working-class Americans.” It is a sad truth from Robert f Kennedy jr, an excerpt "Mitch McConnell & Bernie Sanders built careers in DC while America got sicker, fatter, and more dependent on Big Pharma. The longest-serving senators are also the biggest failures. " https://x.com/RobertKennedyJc/status/1965156222979784823 IN AMENDMENT I repeat what I said elsewhere about Mandela... Bernie Sanders talks a good talk to the masses of fiscally poor people who have time or are angry enough to listen. But, his results are not good, and when I look at Mamdani , Ocasio Cortez... so many legislators are simply not good at leading or improving legislative bodies. That on the reverse side said legislatures only seem to really hurt the executive branch. No one may want to hear it but Bernie Sanders cost Hillary CLinton the election and I can't see how he thought he would beat her. At the end of the day, Sanders has nothing to show for his time in Congress except being the far left rant guy. It is Mr. Smith lives in Washington. Every session, for the past fifty years, he makes a sweaty tear eyed speech but it never leads to any legislation. IN AMENDMENT https://x.com/FranksBlueHot/status/1965050848633053363 referring to a trveor jackson article I remember when Obama ran and won and I thought , if he won, he would have to succeed, get results, because if he didn't no one after him could play the hope card and that is all the donkeys[party of Andrew Jackson ] have done since Obama. Biden was a hope president. Old PApa Joe, remember. Biden didn't offer a plan. Biden offered the hope that he damage of the past, some spurred by Schrumpt would begone. Instead it got worse. Schrumpts presidencies were made by Obama + Biden, and it is funny how both in various ways, alongside Bernie Sanders blocked Hillary Clinton, who tried twice and never got the chance I think she should had. I still think what I said in the past was true. Clinton president, Obama vice president , gets eight years and then Obama , maybe biden vice president, gets eight years. The donkeys gambled Obama first and messed it up. Trevor Jackson article https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/09/25/how-to-blow-up-a-planet-abundance-klein-thompson/ excerpt What happened to the future? When did we lose it, and what has taken its place? Political scientists have found a continual decline in visions of a shared transformative future since the early 1980s. Around the world, in party manifestos, inaugural speeches, and programmatic policy documents, principled statements about an open-ended future have given way to numerical targets like GDP growth achieved, emissions reduced, or people deported. The political right has been more interested in returning to an imaginary glorious past; consequently, the change has been most pronounced on the left, where the politics of an alternative liberatory future have ceded to the policies of technocratic governance and market discipline. This story fits the interregnum of the 1990s and 2000s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the slide of social democratic parties into neoliberalism. When Francis Fukuyama declared the “end of history,” he was looking ahead to a melancholy time when we would be “jaded by the experience of history.” The conflict over the best way to organize human society had ended, and liberal capitalist democracy would remain triumphant, but the future appeared to be an empty stretch, without passion, without struggle. The financial crisis of 2008 did not recover the future so much as reveal that its absence was an ideological project. Writing in the aftermath of the crash, the radical cultural critic Mark Fisher diagnosed a phenomenon he called “capitalist realism,” meaning “the widespread sense that not only is capitalism the only viable political and economic system, but also that it is now impossible even to imagine a coherent alternative to it.” Elsewhere he wrote that the future had been “foreclosed,” and the metaphor was apt: we had been evicted from it, and now it belonged to the banks. But nothing has depleted the future quite like climate change. As target after target has been passed and promise after promise broken, the time remaining to avert global catastrophe has been squandered. There is no noncatastrophic future left, and in fact it’s already here. How, in conditions of runaway climatic disaster, can the future be recovered? What visions of a shared transformative future are possible, and what happens to emancipatory politics, and to democracy itself, without them? Abundance, by two American journalists, provides one answer. American liberals in positions of governance should commit to deregulation, which the authors believe will unleash the power of the market and of technology to provide cheap and plentiful housing, energy, and medicine. They define the “abundance” they seek as a “state in which there is enough of what we need to create lives better than what we have had,” and they believe it is “important to imagine a just—even a delightful—future and work backward to the technological advances that would hasten its arrival.” ...

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